Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) 2009 Post Graduate Diploma in English - Poetry [ / - I] [New Scheme] - - Question Paper

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Post Graduate Diploma in English Examination, August 2009

(New Scheme/SIM Pattern)

POETRY (Paper/Course - I)

Max. Marks : 100

Note x a) Answer five questions, choosing not more than two from, any Section.

b)    All questions carry equal marks.

c)    Do not omit any Section.

SECTION - A

1.    Comment on the theme of Love and Friendship in Shakespeares Sonnets.

2.    a) Discuss the characteristics of metaphysical poetry with illustrations from John

Donnes The Good-Morrow.

OR

b) Write short notes on any two of the following :

i)    The Retreat

ii)    Poetry of Dress

iii)    The Gifts of God.

3.    a) Discuss Miltons Central preoccupation in On His Blindness.

OR

b) How does Dryden present the power of music in Alexanders Feast ?

SECTION - B

4. a) Comment on Wordsworths treatment of rustic life in Michael.

OR

b) Explain Wordsworths major concern in Westminster Bridge and Daffodils.

5.    a) Write a critical appreciation of, La Belle Dame Sans Merci.

OR

b)    How does Shelley present the Skylark in his ode ?

OR

c)    Comment on the major theme in Ozymandias.

6.    a) Ulysses advocates a philosophy of adventure, struggle and action. Explain.

OR

b) What is the central issue in Dover Beach ? Comment.

SECTION - C

7.    Bring out the theme of war in The Man He Killed.

8.    Write a critical appreciation of Yeats A Prayer for My Daughter.

9.    a) Explain the childhood memories in Toru Dutts Our Casurina Tree.

OR

b) How does Sarojini Naidu bring out the specific culture of Hyderabad in her poem, In the Bazaars of Hyderabad ?

10. a) The poem Birches moves from feeling to feeling, thought to thought. Discuss

OR

b) Explain the significance of the title The Unknown Citizen by W.H. Auden.

Attachment: karnataka-state-open-university--ksou--2009-post-graduate-diploma--34383-1.pdf

Earning:   Approval pending.